The adventures of an ensign (Registro nro. 118798)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 18003274 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | D501 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Williams, Valentine, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1883-1946 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The adventures of an ensign |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
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| General note | Release date is 2026-03-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | MWS, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The adventures of an ensign by Valentine Williams is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a young Guards subaltern—referred to as “our Ensign”—through his first experiences of World War I, from departure at Waterloo Station and the Channel crossing to training at the Guards’ Base, service in the Ypres Salient, and movement toward the Somme, blending camaraderie, routine duty, and the stark reality of trench warfare.<br/><br/>The opening of this novel traces the Ensign’s journey from London to France in the summer of the Somme offensive, his wait at the Guards’ Base with vast parade-ground training and bayonet lectures, and his first baptism of shellfire on arrival in Belgium. Separated from his friend “The Lad,” he joins No. 2 Company, learns ration runs and night moves, sleeps in dug-outs, and witnesses his first casualties. Rotating into reserve, he discovers the double-company mess, long night fatigues of wiring and parapet work, and occasional patrols, before the unit marches south through French villages to an orchard encampment overseen by a kindly local baron, with river baths, church parades, and even a royal visit. Sent at last to the Somme front, the company’s task is to “clean up” shattered trenches—wiring, repairing, burying the dead, salvaging equipment—culminating in an eerie walk through an abandoned, corpse-strewn line, after which they withdraw to rest in a forest camp. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1917 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresofensi00will">https://archive.org/details/adventuresofensi00will</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78078">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78078</a> |
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